more than 20 demonstrators are killed in a single neighbourhood of yangon. the british home secretary orders an investigation into police actions during a vigil in memory of the murder victim, sarah everard. america's disaster agency is brought in as rising numbers of migrant children arrive at the country's southern border. retaliation and retribution between china and the west, as tensions rise over journalism and media coverage. and taylor swift, billie eilish and dua lipa lead the nominations for the grammys at the music insustry�*s biggest night of the year. hello and thanks forjoining us. security forces in myanmar have killed at least 21 people in yangon in one of the deadliest days since huge demonstrations began against the military coup last month. a police officer is also reported to have died as clashes between the military and anti—coup protesters continue for a sixth week. martial law has been declared in two areas of yangon, and after two china owned factories were attacked, beijing has asked the authorities to protect its businesses. our

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yangon is where sunday's clashes took place. bbc burmese�*s nyein chan ay is there. deadly crackdowns on previous day can't stop these people taking the streets again here in myanmar. the demonstrations continue in the biggest cities of yangon, mandalay and as well in the country, and again, they are met with force by the military regime. there are reports of crackdowns in a number of places, including bago, about 50 miles away from here. a number of people were reportedly killed and several more injured. today is the 42nd day since the military takeover last month. the death toll in the demonstration against the regime already exceeded 80. more than a dozen unarmed protesters were reported to have been killed over the past 2a hours. people here feel like words are not enough to stop the regime's brutality. they are now becoming more frustrated than ever because the international sanctions or resolution or statements so far cannot prevent all the killings. people feel helpless but, all the same, they are hopeful with determinations, particularly the younger generatio

yangon is where sunday's clashes took place. bbc burmese's nyein chan aye, is there. deadly crackdowns on previous day here in myanmar. the demonstrations continue in the biggest cities of yangon, mandalay and as well in the country, and again, they are met with force by the military regime. there are reports of crackdowns in a number of places, including bago, about 50 miles away from here. a number of people were reportedly killed and several more injured. today is the 42nd day since the military takeover last month. the death toll in the demonstration against the regime already exceeded 80. more than a dozen unarmed protesters were reported to have been killed over the past 2a hours. people here feel like words are not enough to stop the regime's brutality. they are now becoming more frustrated than ever because the international sanctions or resolution or statements so far cannot prevent all the killings. people feel helpless but, all the same, they are hopeful with determinations, particularly the younger generation, who have realised that they have to rely on th

i want to cross over now to journalist andrew knacker son in yangon and you give us a sense of the people who are out there on the streets risking their very lives at the moment who are they. the people who are still left protesting are kind of the most hard core group in the 1st month before police started using violence against protesters you had people of all ages and all backgrounds participating in the protests now are increasingly seeing it kind of doing that down to mostly young people a lot of garment workers and laborers who are continuing to lead and really die hard activists and diehard and all these supporters and there are reports that protesters are attacking chinese owned businesses what more can you tell us about this. there's still a lot of confusion surrounding this what i will say is we've seen every indication that protesters did attack chinese companies in the days leading up to yesterday's protest garment workers and protesters and high profile activists were saying if anybody is killed in the i'm sorry we will burn chinese factories to the ground people were killed

yangon is where sunday's clashes took place. bbc burmese�*s nyein chan—ay is there. deadly crackdowns on previous days cannot stop these people taking to the streets again here in myanmar. the demonstrations continue in the biggest cities of yangon, mandalay and as well in the country and again they are met with force by the military regime. there are reports of crackdowns in a number of places, including bago, about 50 miles away from here. a number of people were reportedly killed and several more injured. today is the 42nd day since the military takeover last month. the death toll in the demonstration against the regime already exceeded 80. more than a dozen unarmed protesters were reported to have been killed over the past 2a hours. people here feel like words are not enough to stop the regime's brutality. they are now becoming more frustrated than ever because the international sanctions or resolution or statements so far cannot prevent all the killings. people feel helpless, but all the same, they are hopeful with determination, particularly the younger generat

maher say some protesters have been able to leave the yangon district where they have been trapped by police witnesses say at around 50 people were arrested in the area overnight thousands of yangon residents defied the night curfew to gather on the streets to support the trapped demonstrators meanwhile in other parts of the country such as the southern city of dallas. thousands continue to defy military rule by law and crackdown on protesters has led to more than 50 deaths. for more let's bring in journalist aimin in. activists say some of those who were being pursued by police were able to to get away safely in yangon gone what about the other. so about 50 people were arrested in the downtown the township where activists were trapped we also know that in another part of yangon in downtown yangon about 30 people were arrested from their households so what we're seeing right now with security forces is that they seem to be targeting rank and file members of the l.t. party the national league for democracy which is the party that won the election in november of 2020. number of their le

they do daddy and we know that for sure in yangon i was speaking with someone on the ground there in the largest city in myanmar and the protesters are gathering into areas right now they say for now it's in the hundreds but they expect that to get a lot bigger one of the areas is the area where they've been they've essentially the 1st gathering spot in yangon right in the central part of the city of main intersection near the university and they're starting to gather there one thing that's different about what the protesters carry with them now are more protective equipment you know you almost have rows 2 rows in the front of protesters with shields makeshift shields and everyone is wearing a helmet so a different posture from them similar posture from the security forces that we've already seen there have been some concussion grenades thrown at the protesters in yangon so far today again that's expected to increase i spoke with this person on the ground there at one of these 2 main protest sites in yangon today and i asked what the mood was you know because the last 2 days have see

been allowed to leave there are reports some were detained and people have been breaking curfew in yangon as well to keep protesting at least 3 were killed in rallies on monday here's more from scott he's in bangkok this is in a neighborhood within yangon they had protests during the day on monday as as usual but then security forces kind of corral them in a certain area and even said that they were going to go to door to door to find those protesters because again in the streets of myanmar those protests are illegal and the police and security forces said that they were going to find the protesters and arrest them they were given refuge in houses and homes within that area they were finally released about 5 am local time in myanmar and we do know though that there are some there were some arrests we don't know exactly how many it is from what we're hearing now it's probably a couple of dozen or so at least you know most of them were able to get out but some arrest still took place in malaysia is high court has allowed rights groups to challenge the deportation of me and mas nationals ove

in a neighborhood central neighborhood of yangon police and security forces kind of corralled about $200.00 young protesters after their day of protesting and said that they were going to arrest. them because they you know all the protests are technically illegal on the streets across myanmar so they said they were going to arrest them and they surrounded them that's when as you mentioned there was a lot of international concern expressed by the united nations by the united states other nations that what would happen the day they need free passage to leave it didn't happen until the early morning hours at about 5 am that they were released but what was interesting to beyond that they said the security forces said that they're going to do a door to door search and anyone hiding protesters would also be punished so that obviously elevated this tactic that the mean m.r. security forces are deploying and that is. really just going after and trying to fight frighten anyone participating or any association with anyone participating in these protests so this intimidation campaign continues

yangon is where sunday's clashes took place. bbc burmese�*s nyein chan aye is there. deadly crackdowns on previous days cannot stop these people taking to the streets again here in myanmar. the demonstrations continue in the biggest cities of yangon, mandalay and as well in the country and again they are met with force by the military regime. there are reports of crackdowns in a number of places, including bago, about 50 miles away from here. a number of people were reportedly killed and several more injured. today is the 42nd day since the military takeover last month. the death toll in the demonstration against the regime already exceeded 80. more than a dozen unarmed protesters were reported to have been killed over the past 2a hours. people here feel like words are not enough to stop the regime's brutality. they are now becoming more frustrated than ever because the international sanctions or resolution or statements so far cannot prevent all the killings. people feel helpless, but all the same, they are hopeful with determination, particularly the younger generat

and downtown yangon about 30 people were arrested from their households so what we're seeing right now with security forces is that they seem to be targeting rank and file members of the l.t. party the national league for democracy which is the party that won the election in november of 2020. number of their leadership has been arrested and were arrested on the very 1st days of the coup but what we're seeing now is that they are targeting the people who are the most outspoken including union leaders frank about members of the winning party as well as the activists that they can find on the streets so that's what's happening in younger on the biggest city in myanmar what about other parts of the country where there have also been protests what can you tell us about the. so other parts of the country are seeing very many protests and the level of violence that we're seeing there really depends on both the type of protests that are being used by protesters as well as who's being involved in those protests so in certain areas like shan state and the state where there are ethnic armed organ

and districts around yangon and as you mentioned you know there what we're looking at now on monday people have been coming out again in yangon in those districts that we saw a lot of violence on sunday but also in mandalay we're hearing also now that there is live ammunition being used at least at one. protest in mentally so it continues but what's interesting we look back at what happened on sunday when you look at those districts around yangon and we saw the most violence the government has announced that they're going to be under martial law or they already are now under martial law they were to they were announced on sunday and then for additional areas and now it's today on monday. there are also reports over the life of austin at a number of chinese financed factories why those factories being targeted is the military been responding. agent well what we can look at i think kind of connect the dots where we saw most of the violence on sunday were around these factories chinese finance factories that were set alight by the protestors the connection between the protesters and th

this is nyein chan aye, bbc news, yangon, myanmar. the british prime minister boris johnson has said he's �*deeply concerned' at images of police officers in london forcibly breaking up a vigil in memory of sarah everard, a woman allegedly murdered by a police officer. and he'll chair a meeting of senior officials to discuss violence against women. london's police chief says she won't resign and says coronavirus restrictions must be observed. that was the reason the vigil was broken up. mark easton reports. within moments of being taken, this picture of police holding down a woman on clapham common last night became a symbol of female defiance against male aggression. as darkness descended on the vigil for sarah everard, what had been a peaceful and respectful demonstration of female solidarity turned ugly. police moved in to disperse the crowd, there was pushing and shoving, with a number of women taken away in handcuffs. four of them were arrested for public order and coronavirus regulation breaches — among them, daina. they put

the bbc burmese's nyein chan aye is in yangon. deadly crackdowns on previous days cannot stop these people taking to the streets again here in myanmar. the demonstrations continue in the biggest cities of yangon, mandalay and as well in the country and again they are met with force by the military regime. there are reports of crackdowns in a number of places, including bago, about 50 miles away from here. a number of people were reportedly killed and several more injured. today is the 42nd day since the military takeover last month. the death toll in the demonstration against the regime already exceeded 80. more than a dozen unarmed protesters were reported to have been killed over the past 24 hours. people here feel like words are not enough to stop the regime's brutality. they are now becoming more frustrated than ever because the international sanctions or resolution or statements so far cannot prevent all the killings. people feel helpless, but all the same, they are hopeful with determination, particularly the younger generat

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that night residents of yangon feel atypical for me it's. loud noises traditionally used to drive away eating spirits. he. was. 500000. 00000000000 s. . despite instant demonstrators and. he. was just trying to fall into all these protests 50 right soon it was. the police presence here pretty. subtle was that direction. we need to help him now. why not find him any more we want not only that we're going somewhere. keane is 25 he's been joining the protests every day. this is making history i would say yeah obviously our parents are very concerned and it's understandable that the time because they were under like worse military wing you know worse than us but i think the young generation will stand for. the ministry introduces martial law. banning gatherings of more than 5 people it makes no difference. the. love. of it but. what i think. the want to comment on that. in small towns and cities across the authorities stopped using tin cans new to cannons and knives running against. this 19 year old woman was shot in the police crackdown on demo

khin zaw win, in yangon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let me ask, by getting you to describe to me the situation as you see it and feel it today in yangon, is the momentum still with the street protests? or are people reconsidering whether they should and will take to the streets? well, the momentum is very much still with the people, you know? it hasn't abated. traffic still goes on, but if you go to the streets, there are intersections where it's like in the medieval warfare, the protesters on one side and the police and the troops on the other are carrying shields and wearing helmets. so they are facing off. they have been shooting, not so much fires or anything, but a lot of barricades put up at nights and the police remove it in the morning. but, every day, people are coming out in columns to protest and there have been live rounds fired into the crowds and people have died. a pregnant schoolteacher died. yes, we have seen... we have seen on social media some of the disturbing pictures. and the un human rights office reported, just

security forces have continued firing tear gas on protesters gathered in yangon. the un's special envoy on myanmar has told the security council that there is "urgency for collective action". danai howard has this report. this is a scene that's become all too familiar in cities right across myanmar, from the northern mountain region to the major cities of yangon and naypyidaw in the south, young protesters have been standing up to police, banging on home—made shields, and marching for democracy. on saturday, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against activists in yangon to clear the streets, and there have been further allegations of police brutality. it's been over a month now since the protests erupted against the military coup on february 1st that overthrew aung san suu kyi's elected government. in that time, the people of myanmar have faced internet blackouts, night—time raids, unlawful arrests and death. 38 people were killed on wednesday alone, the deadliest day since the start of the coup. hundreds gathered in mandalay on th

we are already seeing that even in yangon on in the yangon region which is the economically most vibrant and most population dense area in the country the c.r.p. has already c.r.p. supporters have already set up alternative local administrations in 44 out of 45 pound chips we're not just talking about protesters in the street we're actually talking about a functioning parallel government right down to local government level in the country could you just give us an idea about the sort of the small ethnic groups that have always been fighting the government people like the ira kind of be the chain other. ethnic groups around the country who've always been looking for some sort of autonomy or have a quite able to see eye to eye with the government and they put all how do they fit into this rather complicated equation about the civil strife in the country at the moment the c.r.p. age government has actually signaled a very strong departure from the status quo as far as relationships with the ethnic nationality groups are concerned we've seen them do make a public commitment to the abolition

in myanmar, hundreds of protestors are trapped by security forces in yangon — the un says it's deeply concerned for their fate, president biden�*s climate envoy, john kerry, has called on the world's 20 most polluting nations, including the us, china and the uk, to do more to tackle climate change. in an interview with bbc newsnight, mr kerry said the un climate summit that's due to be must go even further than the paris accord the us pulled out of during the trump administration. there's no question, the united states been absent from this effort for the last four years, at least as a federal government. even as states and mayors continued to stick by paris. but the problem, emily, is that even if every country did what it had agreed to do and in the paris agreement, even if they did — and they are not — then you would still see a rise in temperature of the earth of about 3.7 degrees. that is catastrophic. and since we are not, it's actually rising higher. all of us, every single country, has got to step up ambition and, particularly, the 20 countries, of which uk is one, but t

— about yangon? it's difficult at the moment because _ about yangon? it's difficult at the moment because it's _ about yangon? it's difficult at the moment because it's almost - about yangon? it's difficult at the moment because it's almost 2am | about yangon? it's difficult at the - moment because it's almost 2am and we know that from one a:m., the internet is a shutdown in myanmar, but prior to this, i spoke to several people who were in that barricaded area that you mentioned. it's a very popular area for the pro—democracy protests together, and this afternoon, the military trucks actually barricaded the area off and locked 200 or so protesters in this space. among them are women and children, and i'm hearing reports of gunfire, of stun grenades and tear gas being used and inflicted upon those protesters. but what i'm also hearing is residents who live in that area are actually opening their doors and allowing protesters to come in and take shelter. more broadl , come in and take shelter. more broadly. last — come in and take shelter. more broad

security forces have continued firing tear gas on protesters gathered in yangon. the un's special envoy on myanmar has told the security council that there is "urgency for collective action". danny howard has this report. this is a scene that's become all too familiar in cities right across myanmar, from the northern mountain region to the major cities of yangon and naypyidaw in the south, young protesters have been standing up to police, banging on home—made shields, and marching for democracy. on saturday, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against activists in yangon to clear the streets. and there have been further allegations of police brutality. it's been over a month now since the protests erupted against the military coup on february 1st that overthrew aung san suu kyi's elected government. in that time, the people of myanmar have faced internet blackouts, night—time raids, unlawful arrests and death. 38 people were killed on wednesday alone, the deadliest day since the start of the coup. hundreds gathered in mandalay on th

let's speak to a protester in yangon. she is anonymous to protect her safety. i know this is risky for you, i want to ask you how bad the situation is and are you concerned by -- are you concerned violence directed towards protesters is going to get worse? >> i think the situation is pretty bad. i am based in yangon, so i can't say what is happening but i know it is worse in some places, and what is happening in rural spaces as well. the last few days and weeks, we saw an intense crackdown on protesters. and not just protesters, people who are helping protesters as well. there is video of a house, shot being fired into a house for sheltering protesters. there are videos of the military going around streets and taking away people who are just walking around. so it is not just protesters whose life's being threatened. it is also dashers lives are being threatened. it is also the average person who is just at the wrong place at the wrong time. it is quite bad and i don't know how the situation is going to progress, but we have heard a lot of rumors about the milit

security forces have continued firing tear gas on protesters gathered in yangon. the un's special envoy on myanmar has told the security council that there is urgency for collective action. this is a scene that's become all too familiar in cities right across myanmar, from the northern mountain region to the major cities of yangon and naypyidaw in the south, young protesters have been standing up to police, banging on home—made shields, and marching for democracy. on saturday, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against activists in yangon to clear the streets. and there have been further allegations of police brutality. it's been over a month now since the protests erupted against the military coup on february 1st that overthrew aung san suu kyi's elected government. in that time, the people of myanmar have faced internet blackouts, night—time raids, unlawful arrests and death. 38 people were killed on wednesday alone, the deadliest day since the start of the coup. hundreds gathered in mandalay on thursday for the funeral of one of

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international condemnation of myanmar's military following violence in yangon. the army imposed martial law in part of the city. the missing face of syria's revolution. >> i am a human rights activist. >> she was kidnapped by armed men seven years ago and is still missing. dw news retraces the steps she made before she disappeared. i'm brent goff. to our viewers in the united states and around the world, welcome. in the race to vaccinate, this is not what europe needs. nearly a dozen countries, including germany, france, italy and spain, suspended use of the astrazeneca vaccine over fears the shots could cause blood clots. both the european medicine agency and the world health organization say there is no evidence linking the vaccine to clotting problems. >> another setback in an already troubled vaccination campaign. germany, france, italy and spain became the latest european countries to stop administering the astrazeneca vaccine over fears it causes blood clots. to keep up confidence in the vaccine, we now have to give experts in germany and the european unio

me and maurice say hundreds of protesters who had been cornered by security forces in a district in yangon have been allowed to leave security forces were raiding homes in the city on monday night searching room by room for protesters who staged their 1st nighttime demonstrations defying a nationwide curfew from bangkok scott hyder has more on what security forces did overnight in yangon. they were throwing stones grenades they were taking shots at some of the buildings live fire shots at some of the buildings so they were trying to track down where those protesters went and even taking a step further the security forces said anyone who was hiding those protesters who they were seeking could also be punished so this is something again we're seeing this kind of stepped up. intimidation campaign a crackdown at the protests as we saw another deadly day in monday so this is all part of that trying to intimidate those protesters and those behind the movement the social disobedience movement but as we're seeing today tuesday they are still coming out across myanmar saudi state media say the king

reason where these factories are in these suburbs these industrial zone suburbs on the outskirts of yangon that's where these these factories are but that's also where a lot of the factory workers live and they were out protesting and that's when things really kind of escalated they decided they some of them i should say decided that they wanted to vandalize these chinese financed factories out in this area of town of yangon so that's when we saw the real kind of crackdown come and what's interesting beyond that adrian is because of that we have 6 neighborhoods within yang gone the greater yangon area that now have martial law that means essentially all the civilian administration court systems have been disbanded now it's under complete military control in those 6 areas because of the violence we saw yesterday was interesting with china's reaction it prompted the strongest reaction from china after this happened on sunday night saying calling on the generals in myanmar to protect their citizens protect protect their property and to stop all violence so it's interesting to see this kind of

security forces have continued firing tear gas on protesters gathered in the main city, yangon. the un's special envoy on myanmar has told the security council that there is "urgency for collective action". danil howard has this report. this is a scene that has become all too familiar in cities right across myanmar, from the northern mountain region to the major cities of yangon and naypyidaw in the south. young protesters have been standing up to police, banging on home—made shields, and marching for democracy. on saturday, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against activists in yangon to clear the streets. and there have been further allegations of police brutality. it's been over a month now since the protests erupted against the military coup on february 1st that overthrew aung san suu kyi's elected government. in that time, the people of myanmar have faced internet blackouts, night—time raids, unlawful arrests and death. 38 people were killed on wednesday alone, the deadliest day since the start of the coup. hundreds gathered in mandalay on

yangon looks like a. new sanctions the suspension of military ties global condemnation and consume a boycott still nothing to stop the brutality and bloodshed. the military government has not renewed my journey. just like my grandparents over the hof a century ago a coup is full of this country. it's difficult to leave so many friends here's the changes escalate i fear what will happen next in this david and goliath battle. but those i've met on the frontlines of this fight will not be silenced. and i ran for that and it was my. but i'm not here. because i'm fighting for tough guy i did for equality i'm not mad at myself i'm fighting for my gender and. i'm not here to die. we have to fight or cast it and. we all fight together. and i would put out more in my take is very much our culture has been very harmful to the economy and the lives of many people challenging traditional attitudes how narrowing the gender gap is helping women in. escape poverty. we're trying to break these barriers so much she smiles

journalist amman tant is joining me now from yangon a you've been out on the streets today is. another protest escalating and how does today compare with other days so as to the protests have gone on i think what we're seeing now is 2 in dealing numbers of protesters who are out on the street protesters who are much more experienced and sort of much more defense oriented in their approach so over the past few days we've seen developments in terms of the sort of barricades and protective equipment that protesters were using you know sort of developing from umbrellas and sort of steel sheets of metal that they fashioned into shields into sandbag barricades as well as other things that were meant to stop life bullets as well as local police down as they chased them. ok so perhaps less people on the streets but obviously no signs of backing down particularly also on the other side no signs of the military backing down if anything they seem to be taking a firm hand do protesters believe they still have a chance of making any difference. yes protesters definitely do think that this m

already in yangon, security forces have opened fire on protesters who defied this chilling warning on state media. traffic back to the youth who owned the future, you should learn the dust from the tragedy of early death that you could be shot in the head and back. convince and prevent your friends before doing something wrong. it said that most countries have an army, but some armies have a country. in my own mother, its emotion that continues to have teleconferences. —— in myanmar. here's our correspondent laura bicker, who has been monitoring events in myanmar from bangkok, in neighbouring thailand. we have demonstrations throughout myanmar, throughout the night and into the day, and within the last few moments, we have heard from the american embassy in my life who claim that the american cultural centre in yangon was hit by gunfire. no one there was injured, they say, but we are also getting reports of a number of rising casualties. i have to say, it is very difficult for the bbc to confirm these reports but local reporters within my and my said at least 60 people have now di

already in yangon, security forces have opened fire on protesters who defied this chilling warning on state media. translation: to the youth - who own the future, you should learn from the tragedy of earlier, ugly deaths that you could be shot in the head and back. convince and prevent your friends before doing something wrong. it said that most countries have an army, but some armies have a country. in myanmar, it's a notion that continues to have deadly consequences. here's our correspondent laura bicker, who has been monitoring events in myanmar from bangkok, in neighbouring thailand. there have been a number of demonstrations throughout myanmar, throughout the night and into the day, and within the last few moments, we have heard from the american embassy in myanmar who claim that the american cultural centre in yangon was hit by gunfire. no one there was injured, they say, but we are also getting reports of a number of rising casualties. i have to say, it is very difficult for the bbc to confirm these reports, but local reporters within myanmar said at least 60 people have now di

journalist andrew joining us from yangon in mian mar thank you very much thank you. now japan is marking the 10th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that destroyed towns and triggered the fukushima nuclear disaster. a minute's silence was observed across the country at 2 46 pm local time the exact moment of magnitude 9 quake struck and set off a deadly wave and bernardo he too and prime minister yoshihiko led an official ceremony in tokyo to pay tribute to some 18000 people who lost their lives nearly half a 1000000 people were displaced in towns around the fukushima daiichi power plant remain on inhabitable. the effects of the disaster are still being felt especially at the site of the fukushima nuclear plant specialists there are still working around the clock to keep the damage in check in a moment we'll have more on the impact in the aftermath of the catastrophe but 1st a look at how events unfolded 10 years ago today. much 11th 2011. japan's east coast is rocked by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the country shortly afterwards a tsun

been allowed to leave there are reports some were detained people of an operation curfew as well in yangon to keep protesting at least 3 of them killed in rallies on monday is following developments from bangkok this is in a neighborhood within yangon they had protests during the day on monday as as usual but then security forces kind of corral them in a certain area and even said that they were going to go to door to door to find those protesters because again in the streets of myanmar those protests are illegal and the police and security forces said that they were going to find the protesters and arrest them they were given refuge in houses and homes within that area they were finally released about 5 am local time in myanmar and we do know though that there are some there were some arrests we don't know exactly how many had it from what we're hearing now it's probably a couple of dozen so at least you know most of them were able to get out but some arrest still took place meanwhile malaysia's high court has allowed rights groups to challenge the deportation of me and mas nationals over

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the deadliest days since the military coup activists planned more democracy rallies even as parts of yangon are placed under martial law. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us to regional elections victories for the greens and the social democrats but everyone is talking about the losers not the winners chance christian democrats suffered significant poll losses in 2 southwestern states on sunday the ballots kickoff a year of voting in germany culminating in national elections in september chancellor merkel is not running again now her party's worried that sunday's results are a bad omen of things to come we'll speak to our chief political editor in a moment but 1st a look at how sunday's voting unfolded. top officials in the c.d.u. didn't tiny to their disappointment. to put it bluntly this is not a good election evening for the c.d.u. we would have wished for different and better results in the baton vote in burke and ryan and a lot and in state election. coverage in contrast the greens were celebrating their victory in baton burton. this is just a super start to this major elec

at his home in yangon on the body. of c 2 a 37 year old try short peddler lies under green cover he was shot overnight on friday as the security services trying to disperse protesters who gathered outside a police station and district the protesters are calling for the release of 3 men arrested in raids earlier in the night. i told my son that we have nothing and will die if we go against them i'd go and shoot back at them if i had a gun now we can't do anything tell me do we always have to keep silent and die why are we dying for doing the right thing. filmed furtively from an overhead window these pictures show one of those arrests dragged from their homes several men a hit and kicked by the police. beatings like this have become commonplace conducted in public for maximum impact. so that kind of you know it as a valid soldiers shot at us sit in strike last night and arrested 3 people and we're beating them so all of us residents asked them to release the arrested people at the police station then they fired live rou

something also that's interesting is in a relation to that end the violence now 6 districts around yangon are now under martial law now you know when you look at what's been happening over the last several weeks there have been such restrictions on what people can do these gatherings we are seeing those are technically illegal so be interesting to see what they do more in these 6 districts this coming out in just the last couple of hours what they're going to do differently does that mean that any time anyone comes out on the street they're going to be arrested immediately so the posture could change in those 6 districts again these are around yangon where we saw a lot of that violence and the arson take place on sunday there just got hired to live in bangkok scott thank you now protests to opposite ends of the world are taking up the fight against violence directed at women and cities across australia thousands of joined rallies demanding justice for victims actions similar to what's been happening in the u.k. that mass demonstrations have been taking place against how police handled a v

and yes as you mentioned in yangon the largest city in 6 districts around the city have been put under martial law to wear on sunday that's why we saw a lot of that violent crackdown in the area it's a kind of an industrial zone on the outskirts of yangon and now we're also hearing 5 areas of mandalay the 2nd largest city has also been put under martial law despite that some protesters have come out today on monday after this after the announcement that those areas are under martial law and now they are still coming out what we saw on sunday as you mentioned the deadliest day so far around 50 people were killed one though one within that number is a policeman that according to authorities in myanmar but the deadliest day we're kind of seeing that the repetitions of that the army taking a further step of their control of the streets in those dead districts 6 districts in yangon and 5 districts in mandalay weiskopf is much of the violence. concentrated in the 6 degree districts of their industrial suburbs as you were saying why is that. what's very interesting about this adrian is what h

today, security forces have continued firing tier gas on protesters gathered in yangon. the un's special envoy on myanmar has told the security council that there is "urgency for collective action". danai howard has this report. this is a scene that has become all too familiar in cities right across myanmar, from the northern mountain region to the major cities of yangon and naypyidaw in the south. young protesters have been standing up to police, banging on home—made shields, and marching for democracy. on saturday, security forces used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades against activists in yangon to clear the streets. and there have been further allegations of police brutality. it's been over a month now since the protests erupted against the military coup on february 1st that overthrew aung san suu kyi's elected government. in that time, the people of myanmar have faced internet blackouts, night—time raids, unlawful arrests and death. 38 people were killed on wednesday alone, the deadliest day since the start of the coup. hundreds gathered in mandalay on

he died in police custody after being arrested on saturday evening by security forces in yangon. witnesses say he was violently beaten and kicked before being taken from his home. his parents were told he had died after fainting. huge crowds of demonstrators took to the streets in response to his death. in some areas, police responded with gunfire, adding to the death toll. the un has condemned it as a gruesome day. when you look at what's going on on the streets of myanmar right now, you see exactly why it is so compelling for countries to take action. we simply can't afford in any sense of the word to sit back and turn our backs on the people of myanmar. some governments have started to take action. australia has suspended defence cooperation with the military and says its development programme will now be directed to the immediate humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable people. and china, whose cooperation is needed in the un to impose sanctions on myanmar, announced on sunday that it is willing to engage with all parties to ease the crisis. beijing's top diplomat says the s

activists in may in march say hundreds of protesters who'd been cornered by security forces in yangon a funny been allowed to leave earlier the u.n. was expressing grave concern for their safety protesters of course defying a nationwide. curfew with at least 3 people killed in monday's rounds as the military crackdown intensifies 5 independent media organizations have been stripped of their licenses so here's scott i'd like joining us from bangkok in never in time to give my voice scott tell us about these events of a night with these people who were cornered. kimo yes in an area neighborhood son chow area of yangon hundreds of protesters were surrounded by security forces police and military after a protest there they're kind of cornered not kind of they were cornered by the security forces that raised alarm concern from the united nations from the u.s. from britain because they were worried what was going to happen with trapped protesters because the security forces said that they were going to go to door to door search to track down the protesters who are engaging. in a protest the